Transmission



Dec. 11, 1934. w A. WINTHERV ET AL TRANSMISSION Original Filed Sept. 15, 1933 :m I llll IIIIIIII z reheated Dec. 11, 1934 a 1,983,827

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TRANSMISSION Anthony Winther, Kenosha, Win, and Martin P.

; Winther, Waukegan, Ill.

Original application September 15, 1933, Seri No. 689,618. Divided and this application March 12, 1934, Serial No. 115,140

2 Claims. (Cl. 74336.5)

This invention relates to transmissions, and speed, and consequently, the same speed of shaft with regard to certain more specific features, to 59,-the pulley 49 is driven at a higher speed than transmissions for connecting a variable-speed pulley 51. prime mover with a driven member, Pulley 51 drives the shaft 61 by way of an over- 5 This is a division of our patent application for running clutch 63, shown in Fig. 1 and detailed air conditioner, serial number 689,618, filed Sepin Fig. 3. This clutch has clutching balls 65 tember 15, 1933. and wedging recesses 67 so arranged between the Among the several objects of the invention may shaft 61 and the pulley 51 that as long as the be noted the provision of a transmission for conpulley 51 tends to overrun the shaft 61, the pulnecting a variable speed prime mover with a leydrives said shaft; whereas when the shaft 61' 10 driven member in such a manner as to permit of overruns the pulley 51, they are disconnected. p d drive under normal conditions, and a It will be understood that the particular form low-speed drive under predetermined-high, prime of overrunning clutch used is exemplary and that mover speed; and the provision of apparatus of other forms may be used.

the class described which ispsimple in construe- The shaft 61 overruns the pulley 51 under drivl5 tiOn and reliable in operation. Other Objects ing conditions from the pulley 49 which operates Will be in P Obvious and in P Pointed out at a higher angular velocity than pulley 51. Pulhereinafter. ley 49 is connected with said shaft 61 by way Th ihventiflh c d y Comprises the of a centrifugal clutch 69, shown in Fig. 1 and ments and combinations of elements, features of t il i Fig 2, This centrifugal dutch construction, and arrangements of parts which prises a, bellflange '71 formed integrally with will be exemplifiedin the structures hereinafter t e pulley 49 and carrying 111g 73 t whi h i desc ibed, and the Scope of the application 0f pivoted a clutch band '75. This band '75 is enwhich will be indicated in the following claims. e m and disengageable t drum '7' which :5 In the accompanyi d i which is in turn is keyed to said shaft 61. The other lustrated one o v io possible embodimerits end of the clutch band is articulated with the of the inv nt o drum '71 by means of a toggle linkage '79 which Fig. 1 is a S d elevation of the apparatus, Parts is normally, at low speed, drawn into clutch ene ng broken a as Shown in section; gaging position by a spring 81. At a predeter- ;;.1 Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2-2 of mined high speed, a weight 3 forming a part F g. and, of a bell crank 85 moves outwardly under cen- F 3 is a Vertical Sectlon taken 011 11119 trifugal force. The outward movement is trans- Of mitted by means of a link 8'7 to said toggle link- Similar reference characters indicate correage and against the reaction of pring 1 1 1 sponding. Parts throughout the several views of This action causes the band '75 to leave the drum the drawi 7'7 at a predetermined high speed and thus to Referring now more partwmerly to cut out the drive from pulley 49(see Fig. 2). there is shown at numeral 13 a refrigerator com- Under low speeds, the Spring 81 pulls the toggle Pressor i be taken as exeFmlary a 19 (and link 8'7) to the right, and it will be noted '1 member which 15 adapted to be driven from a that the primary movement of the pivot 82 must 40 shaft such as is shown at numeral 59, said shaft be around the in joint between the band 75 59 being driven byavariable-speed, prime mover. d 1 73 th t t 82 Accordingly, the shaft 59 operates at variable :g gg f pf zg g? speed. The driven shaft, that is, the shaft connected to the driven me her is indicated at nu- Pomt 82 movejs toward drum under P1111 meral 1. from the sprmg 81. This movement is only The compressor 13 is driven by-means of 9, slight before the drum is contacted. The concompressor drive 47 (the subject matter of this straint of the material of band '75 resists taninvention) which comprises pulleys 49 and '51 gential movement. Hence the spring 81 tends 5;) driven by suitable belts 53 from pulleys 55 and 5'7 to straighten the toggle '19. Movement of the fastened to a shaft 59 which is driven from the pivot 82 toward the drum contacts the region engine shaft. The pulley radii are of such size 84 of the band '75 with the drum '7'7. Thereafter, that the angular velocity ratio between pulleys the clockwise rotation of point '74 functions to and 49 is higher than that 'between pulleys 5'7 wrap the band '75 on the drum 7'7, as in the case 55 and 51. Therefore, with the same engine shaft of the ordinary self-energizing band clutch and 55 increasing friction finally stops relative movement.

When the centrifugal force of the weight 83 comes into play, it will cause a cancellation of the pull of spring 81 on the toggle 79. Hence the toggle collapses and the Joint 82 moves in the opposite direction away from the drum 77. Without the incipient contact at region 94, the selfclosing clutch will not be able to close under advance of pivot 74 clockwise.

In one application, the centrifugal clutch 69 is designed to close when the pulley 49 revolves less than, say 1500 R. P. M. At speeds in excess of this the clutch opens. When the clutch 69 is engaged, pulley 51 is overrun by shaft Blbecause oi' the overrunning clutch 63. Thus at low engine speed the pulley 49 causes and controls rotation of the shaft 61; whereas at high engine speed, the clutch opens and pulley 51 causes and controls the rotation of shaft 61. This method of driving provides a simple, compact and inexpensive speed limiting means for the compreseor 13.

In view of the above,.it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are achieved and other advantageous results attained.

As many changes could be made in carrying out the above constructions without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

We claim:

I 1. A drive operable from a variable speed prime mover, comprising a driving member driven according to prime mover speed, a driven member, a plurality of intermediate drivers for the driven member, each intermediate member having a driving connection with said driving member, but the velocity ratios of said connections being high and low respectively, whereby of the driving member whereby the driven member ceases to overrun the relatively low speed driving member and whereby said low speed driving mechanism drives the driven member ANTHONY WHITHER. MARTIN P. WINTHER.

of high speed of the driving 

